# US 10,375,666 B2 · Communication network node

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- Number: US 10,375,666 B2
- Document ID: US10375666B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/910,863
- Filed: 2013-08-09
- Published: 2016-07-07
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-08-09
- Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
- Inventors: Jaime Jiménez; Petri Jokela; Heikki Mahkonen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375666B2

## CPC

- H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
- G01S 5/0295: {Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals}
- H04L 45/7453: using hashing
- H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
- H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information
- H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A method performed in a node comprised in a communication network is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a set of coordinates of a coordinate system used by the communication network, which set of coordinates specifies a geographical position held by the node. The method includes obtaining a first identifier for the node. The identifier comprises at least a part of the obtained set of coordinates, where the identifier can specify to the communication network a first geographical area in which the node is positioned. The method includes uploading data to a server in the communication network, the data being associated with the obtained identifier when uploaded to the server. The first identifier specifies to the network, such as other nodes in the communication network, a geographical area in which the node is positioned/located. The geographical area may be of any size, but includes the place where the node is positioned.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method performed in a node comprised in a communication network, the method comprising:
obtaining a set of coordinates of a coordinate system used by the communication network, which set of coordinates specifies a geographical position held by the node;
obtaining a first identifier for the node, the identifier comprising at least a part of the obtained set of coordinates such that the identifier can specify to the communication network a first geographical area in which the node is positioned;
uploading data to a server comprised in the communication network, said data being associated with the obtained identifier when uploaded to the server; and
wherein the node is a mobile node and the obtaining a set of coordinates comprises periodically updating the set of coordinates, and the obtaining a first identifier comprises updating the first identifier based on the updated set of coordinates.